Fit For Future Families - December 2010

jalara

Hello everyone!

This group is being started to lend support and motivation to those who are TTC, or plan to TTC. This group blossomed from another group (Pregnancy - 2010).

Fit For Families is not for pregnant women, I would ask that you join our sister group for like-minded support and motivation (they're really great there!!). http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/138358-pregnancy-december-2010

For those who have recently had a little one, there is a post-partum group: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/131954-postnatal-group-november-2010?page=3

This group is very goal-oriented (no matter what your goals are) and I hope will be a place for you to come share your story and track your progress.

Check in will be each Monday to keep us accountable over the weekend. Each week we set our own fitness or health goals, and the more suggestions the better!

I love this group!

Welcome one and all!

Link to our November thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/130964-fit-for-future-families-november?page=17

pmaria10

Good Morning Ladies!
Happy December. Hope
you're all doing well. I have
my first U/S this Friday. I'm
a bit nervous and excited
at the same time but i pray
for my LO everyday.

Baby dust to all who are
TTC this month!

jalara

Good Luck Pmaria! Keep us posted!

Happy December everyone!

Ron - it is very scary for me too. Are you excited on top of the scared?

Heather - I can only sympathize with your feelings, since I'm new at TTC. I can't imagine how it must feel. But I do think that you should need a license to have babies - be able to prove that you can provide for them, and maybe even undergo psycholigical testing! I've known a few who really really need psychological testing..... But apart from that, I really must say how impressed I am at your perseverence - you must be a very strong woman!

ron2282

Ron - it is very scary for me too. Are you excited on top of the scared?

I’m scared and excited at the same time. DH and I were talking about it last night, we’re both feeling the same way. He wanted to know what scared me the most. I said pretty much everything but I’m most worried that I’m not going to be a good mom. He started to laugh and said that me being a good mom is the only thing he’s NOT worried about. So that made me feel a little bit better. I’ve never been good at handling any type of change, good or bad. I know need to get over that, but it’s a work in progress. :laugh: :laugh:

AmandaJ

Tag for later!

abeare

Silly me, I let myself get exited again this month. I was on the elliptical yesterday and was freaked out at how much my nipples were sore (sorry if tti) and of course I’m due Saturday so my mind goes straight to maybe I’m finally pregnant. I know full well that I’m cramping in anticipation for AF but let myself still get hopeful. Apparently sore nipples are common for runners, and since I don’t run and yesterday was the longest I ever did on the elliptical I didn’t know this already! I’m about to start my 15th cycle and don’t know how to stop myself from getting my hopes up every month!

kcurtis05

WOW! IT"S DECEMBER! :bigsmile: Dec. 1 = our first snow here in MI. It's so pretty.
9 more days and I will be on some Hawaiian beach sippin' from a cocanut! :glasses:
My motivation actually has been dwindling as well. I'm right there with everyone else! I have tried to go back to my push-ups before I eat my lunch. That's going pretty good. I do them in the little kitchen area at work, leaning against the counter instead of on the floor. It's funny, one of my co-workers always comes in and laughs at me... :laugh: :ohwell: I've gotten to the point where I rather them laugh at me then me not do them. I haven't been to Zumba in way too long, so I think I will go tonight. DH doesn't get out till 8p so that gives me plenty of time to make it to the 7-8p class.
I actually am .4 away from my initial goal of 139. I really am still debating weather to go down to 135. I think that might be a little too low for my body structure and I am pretty comfortable where I am. (I guess I'm not debating huh? Sounds like I really have made up my mind...) Maybe I will go just below 139, maybe between 139 and 135 to make sure I stay at my goal....
Does anyone else use the iPhone app? I saw on Facebook yesterday that MFP has upgraded the Android app with the barcode scanner! I can't wait for it to come to the iPhone!! That will be SO helpful! I used to use an app called FatSecret and it had the scanner and I used it all the time. It made logging SO much easier.
I have to be honest, I have been eating like garbage lately. I really think the last time I have a veggie was at Thanksgiving dinner. And fruits...I cant even remember...:frown: I'm sure my eating won't improve on vacation or over the holidays. I guess I am going to really have to focus on portions.

Heather~ I can only imagine how it feels to try for so long. I do understand though. My sister is one who all the time growing up said that she didn't like kids and the only way she would ever have on is to have one for my oldest sister that would have a hard time getting preggo (or even not be able to). And now, she has a little girl that was a total mistake and says that she doesn't even like being a mom. I know things happen for a reason, but really? :huh:

SkinnyOat

Hello,
I am new to My Fitness Pal. My husband and I would like to start a family soon. One of my first goals is to be a fit mother so I can chase the little ones down without thinking I'm going to collapse. And more importantly, to set a good example for my family. I was a member of Weight Watchers for about a year and a half and have lost 17 pounds to date. I would like to lose another 15. I'm in a good eating rhythm, but my exercise routine is a joke. I'm looking forward to being a part of this group and being motivated to get exercising again, especially with the holidays around the corner.

kcurtis05

Welcome SkinnyOat!

Oops I forgot to set my goals!
1. get back to drinking my 8-10 glasses of water (I've been slacking)
2. Zumba at least 4 times before Hawaii
3. Incorporate some more veggies in my diet

AmandaJ

Hello and Welcome SkinnyOat! :flowerforyou:

My goals for the month of December are:

01. drink at least 12 glasses of water a day (most days this is easy but then I will suddenly realize I have not drank water all day one day)
02. exercise for at least 20 minutes every day
03. lose 5 pounds this month

heathercrist1

Thanks ladies for all of your kind words!

I love that "I'd rather them laugh at me then not do them." The cardio dance treadmill workout I do looks absolutely ridiculous and I can't even tell you how many times I've caught crazy looks my way (along with a few people imitating or trying a few moves themselves) and I even had an instructor ask me (very rudely I might add) what I was doing. But ya know what...it is a KILLER workout and makes the time on the dreaded treadmill go by so quickly!

As far as goals go...this week I'd like to do at LEAST do 60 minutes of exercise each day (minus Sunday). I'm not exactly sure how much I'm weighing these days, but I'm feeling pretty fit and my clothes are fitting nice so I'd say either lose some or stay how I feel now.

AmandaJ

Thanks ladies for all of your kind words!

I love that "I'd rather them laugh at me then not do them." The cardio dance treadmill workout I do looks absolutely ridiculous and I can't even tell you how many times I've caught crazy looks my way (along with a few people imitating or trying a few moves themselves) and I even had an instructor ask me (very rudely I might add) what I was doing. But ya know what...it is a KILLER workout and makes the time on the dreaded treadmill go by so quickly!

As far as goals go...this week I'd like to do at LEAST do 60 minutes of exercise each day (minus Sunday). I'm not exactly sure how much I'm weighing these days, but I'm feeling pretty fit and my clothes are fitting nice so I'd say either lose some or stay how I feel now.

What exactly do you do on the treadmill to get this killer work-out?

AlisaToth

Happy Happy Happy December! Today Christmas decorations can officially go up! We will probably wait to actually put the tree up until this weekend bc we have to move furniture around etc but everything else will be going up! So excited! I LOVE this time of year!

Got up and went to the gym today! Did 2 miles on the treadmill this time! I feel like i worked out harder but i didn't burn as many calories as the elliptical which i hate! I only have 3 glasses of water in for the day, but it's not even lunch time here yet! So I'm not worried!

So AF is supposed to be here this week....it's making me nervous that today is CD28 and she's not here yet....i have some athome tests that i bought last month (when I freaked out that i was miraculously preggo last month...:laugh: ) so i think i will test first thing in the AM if she's not here by then...I realize that this is only my 2nd cycle going completely natural but still I was so regular last month that now i'm freaked out!

On the subject of needing a liscence to have kids....I found out today that a girl i went to HS with is pregnant...she is NOT mother material. In HS we LITERALLY thought she had some sort of mental retardation. She is very slow and tries WAY too hard to fit in. Please don't misunderstand that I think people who are menally challaged cannot become parents bc i don't. However, I have seen her around children and while she has all the love in the world to give she lacks massive amounts of common sense and the father is her best friends brother (who in my opinion took advantage of her). Grr the whole situation is a drama filled and I really don't care for the girl on a personal level...and now she is bringinging an innocent child into the world where there are hundreds of women who literally can't have kids. It makes me mad and sad.

Ron - I am right there with you with being nervous and excited. I think you'll be a great mom. Most mom things come naturally and you don't even realize that you have it in you! Google will be your best friend when you are trying to learn stuff. Take it from someone who was a VERY young mom (I was 19 when I had my son) All the stuff you mom did/taught you will come flooding back! :-) I text my mom once a week saying "I'm sorry...I now know why you did/said this"

heathercrist1

What exactly do you do on the treadmill to get this killer work-out?

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JennyBoBenny

So I'm still a sickie bum. Lost 2 pounds since last Friday and I hope I can keep it off after I start feeling better. But I have so much to do and all I can do once I'm home from work is lay on my couch.

As for the licence to have kids discussion: in my opinion, I'd like to suggest not being rash about judging whether someone will be a good parent based on how they behave before they have kids. Many people change completely once that baby is in their arms and they realize that life is no longer about them. I know not everyone changes in this way, but you just never know if the person you're judging might be one of them.

HOWEVER... I have a personal beef because as a single mom by choice, I (most likely) will have to partake in some psychological sessions and those who want to adopt get scrutinized even more. Why is it that those of us who need help having a baby are checked out to see if we're "fit" to become parents, but if we could get pregnant all by ourselves, no one would say boo? I think if the government wants to check out if people are fit to be parents, they should send EVERYONE who gets pregnant (no matter how they do) to a psychiatrist and/or send a person to their house or poke into their bank accounts to see what kind of life they'll provide to this child. It's just unbalanced and stupid.

So anyway, that's all I have to say about that. My foot is cramping up so I gotta go walk around or something.

Oh ya and December goals: keeping it small... want to get to my first goal (4 lbs to go) and get through Christmas and into New Years feeling confident and good about myself no matter what my Dec 31 weight!

kkuhly

My Goals for the month:
1. Complete the 4 weeks of the 6 week challenge on the biggest loser dvd that I have
2. Log my calories atleast 4 days a week (for some reason I struggle with this)
3. Drink atleast 8 glasses of water everyday

fitterpam

LOL Now that I'm busy at work I can't seem to catch up with you ladies. I'm going to sit my bum down at my desk in the morning (I get to the office at 6am) with my tea and read through. I promise!!!

My goals for Dec are: drink 4 bottles of water daily (GRRRR I have 3 more to go for today!!!!), log what I'm eating again, aquafit once a week and weight training at least 2-3 other days.

On the TTC front, I am having strong O symptoms tonight (but it's early in the cycle....day 8 or so) I don't care. OPK won't work for me so I have to rely on FAM methods (minus the temping) I only have Dec and Jan to try and get this done naturally before our Feb appt.

Heather...this too shall pass. For the most part when people tell us they are pregnant, I'm nothing but genuinely happy for them but there have been one or two in the last 13 years that have set me off. I would be in that second boat with your charming friend....most people are really hesitant to tell us because everyone knows about our trouble and they are relieved when we're happy but they are sensitive about it. She's obviously oblivious to anyone but herself. I think we all have people in our lives that we look at and think we would do things differently ... the little ones that I feel for are the ones without the stability where their house is a revolving door of people that Mommy`s in ``love`` with. I don`t understand that, but then I`ve never been a single mom

AmandaJ

Got up at 4:45 and got my 30 minutes on the treadmill in, it was a bear to get going but the fact that it is not yet quite 6 am and it is done makes me very happy. I am trying to make good food choices but it is really a battle every day. I am still drinking 1 or 2 Cokes a day and I really want to kick that habit before I get pregnant. I drank a lot of pop with my other 3 pregnancies but now knowing what I know it is not good for the baby or me either. I do fine as long as I don't eat any sugar but even a little bit spurs me on to consume more and more.

I took a hpt this am. I knew it would be negative but dh really wanted me too as I have been so tired lately. He told me last night I can't believe your not pregnant yet, maybe my swimmers aren't any good. I just shook my head at him. I had my Mirena out a mere 22 days ago. I told him it could take months. I told him some people struggle for YEARS! He reminded me all he had to do with the other 3 children was look at me and I was pregnant. I told him I hadn't that monster the Mirena in either. He may be having a back fusion early in 2011 and I have no idea how that will affect our TTCing. I am leaving it in God's hand.

I wish all you ladies the best today and happy December 2nd! :flowerforyou:

SkinnyOat

My December goals-
1. Losing 5 pounds
2. Exercising 3 times a week (even with Christmas, New Years, and birthday celebrations)

Starting with 2 goals while I get in the swing of using MFP. Where's the code box for all theses abbreviations? I figured a few out, but think I missed the boat on a few. I liked your point about feeling good with the exercise done before 6am. I was an AM-exerciser for a while and then tried the PM-exercise. I was definately more consistent when I did it in the morning. So, I'm going to modify my second goal to exercising 3 times a week in the morning. And how do all of you get those awesome goal tracker things at the bottom of your posts? Thanks!

AlisaToth

Good Morning Ladies - I am in official freak out mode, I actually miscalculated and yesterday was CD29 today is CD30 and still no AF....i've never gone this long between periods even before i went on BC.....so my husband goes out of town this weekend and i'm going to do a HPT if she doesn't show by tomorrow.....I was going to today but my "first morning pee" was at 615am and i didnt have to ACTUALLY wake up until 7 and i didn't want to fiddle with opening it and getting it all ready etc....Plus i'm not sure i want to tell DH that i'm "late" bc if it's nothing i don't want to freak him out....He doesn't understand the in's and out's of it all so why get him all worked up over nothing.
I woke up every two hours last night thinking it was time to tempt. I've decided to test at 5:30am everyday that way i know i'm still in bed and there won't be any risk of having to get up earlier than that so no movement or anything....

On a fitness front, it doesn't look like i'll make it to the gym today, but i ate good yesterday and only went over my calories by 30 and i got 8.5 glasses of water in! Back on the right track! Today i'm going to make myself a salad for lunch to make sure i stay under calories...Happy Thursday!!

heathercrist1

Amanda- Did you get a chance to check out the treadmill workout I posted?

Pam- I've been TTC for years (about 7 to be exact) and the majority of the women around me I am genuinely happy for. My best friend is working on her 4th baby and I couldn't be happier (even if she becomes pregnant this month and I don't). Another of my friends got pregnant less than 2 weeks before I did and I am still so very genuinely happy for her even though I lost my baby and she is now 4 months pregnant and looking forward to her US soon. It is the people that treat it like buying a puppy and are over the "newness" of it all before it even begins, the people who have unstable relationships and have a baby to make them "closer", the people that abuse their bodies (smoking, drinking, drugs, etc.) that hurt me to see carrying around a miracle inside of them. I was a Pediatric RN and worked on a floor that was also a burn unit and would see the most heinous works of "parents" to their beautiful, precious children. I am not a "life's not fair, why me?!" kinda person. I look at all of the obstacles in my life as learning experiences and opportunities to grow mentally and spiritually. Sometimes it is just hard, especially now that I've been so close and lost it. But I'm staying positive and hoping for the best this month!

The goal for today is to log all of my food, not go over my calories, and do an hour of cardio (at least) and 45 mins of strength training.

AmandaJ

My December goals-
1. Losing 5 pounds
2. Exercising 3 times a week (even with Christmas, New Years, and birthday celebrations)

Starting with 2 goals while I get in the swing of using MFP. Where's the code box for all theses abbreviations? I figured a few out, but think I missed the boat on a few. I liked your point about feeling good with the exercise done before 6am. I was an AM-exerciser for a while and then tried the PM-exercise. I was definately more consistent when I did it in the morning. So, I'm going to modify my second goal to exercising 3 times a week in the morning. And how do all of you get those awesome goal tracker things at the bottom of your posts? Thanks!

Go up to the top of the page, click on tools, go to tickers and follow the directions. When it is made it will give you a code and then copy the code, come back to the forum home page and click on signature. Paste the code there and it should work. If you need more help, let me and probably any of us know.

SkinnyOat

Thank you!

AmandaJ

Thank you!

No problem! :flowerforyou:

jalara

Welcome SkinnyOat!!

Stayed under my calories for the first time in nearly a month! Wahoo! That is a HUGE accomplishment for me!

So I had hurt my back a couple of days ago, and was off work on Tuesday and walking like an old man with a cane yesterday. Well, today I was better, but not great, and I chose to go to the gym anyway! Even without my gym buddy! :laugh: I took it easy, got in a light 20 minutes and good stretched and I'm confident I'll feel even better tomorrow!

What a great day!

AmandaJ

Welcome SkinnyOat!!

Stayed under my calories for the first time in nearly a month! Wahoo! That is a HUGE accomplishment for me!

So I had hurt my back a couple of days ago, and was off work on Tuesday and walking like an old man with a cane yesterday. Well, today I was better, but not great, and I chose to go to the gym anyway! Even without my gym buddy! :laugh: I took it easy, got in a light 20 minutes and good stretched and I'm confident I'll feel even better tomorrow!

What a great day!

WTG!

jalara

Thanks!

My goals for the day:
Get up early enough to eat breakfast AND make my lunch. Done!
Not have any more than 5 chocolate balls (I just can't not have chocolate)
Meet and interview trainer at lunch (booked an appt)
Go to the gym (easy workout b/c of my back)
Eat a healthy supper that does not include cheese!
Stay within 150 of my calories.

TGIF everyone!

ron2282

Welcome SkinnyOat!!! :bigsmile:

Jalara - that's awesome!!!

Alisa - any news?????

Today is not going as planned. I was driving into work when my car window fell into the door. (I swear the piece of crap waited until I paid it off to start dying, it's just one thing after another.) It wouldn't roll down so I already had an appointment to get it looked at tomorrow, but it scared the h*** out of me and I almost drove off the road. I work in center city and can't leave it in the parking lot with an open window, so I dropped it off at the mechanic and the shuttle took me home. My office is too far for the shuttle to take me there. So now I'm home without a car. :grumble: My new goals for the day are to get the laundry done, clean the bathrooms, work out to Jillian and possibly go for a walk if it warms up a little.

jalara

Ron that sucks! Is your employer very understanding for these types of situations?

And yes, Alisa..... news?

JennyBoBenny

Just checking in quick... feeling a lot better and have been eating again properly for the last few days (sans junk food) - I am down 4 lbs since last Friday. Part of me thinks it's just because I was sick, but another part wonders how much is true since last Friday I was 2 days away from AF so maybe my 171 weigh in on that morning wasn't too true.

My goals for the weekend is to: not overindulge just because I have my appetite back (would like to continue on this losing trend), go for at least one walk per day no matter how cold it is, and when I meet my ex-mother-in-law for lunch tomorrow, to make a healthy choice.

The rest of the time I will be cleaning cleaning cleaning... oh and finally finishing my xmas cards and wrapping my presents to be sent away.

Have a great Friday everyone!

fitterpam

Sounds like Friday has not started well for some.....I have a cookie exchange at my house tomorrow so booked the day off to bake my cookies and clean the house. There will be about 8-15 women here tomorrow so it should be fun. Hubbie is staying around so he can watch the kids that show up....he even baked cookies yesterday...My domesti-hubbie I love him. He's almost more excited about it than me, but then he gets to play with the kidlets all afternoon so lucky him...LOL I woke up to him coming home (had to drop something off at a friends before she left for work) and he brought me coffee in bed...yum.

Not looking forward to having 12 dozen cookies in the house, but we use them for cookie tray gifts (neighbours, work, etc.) so I can't eat too many of them. His cookies turned out amazing..the first batch were not quite right so of course I had to eat some...they were yummy LOL Going out shortly to finish getting the ingredients for my nanaimo bars.

Still focused on getting my water in today - I got in about 8 glasses yesterday out of a goal of 12, but still better than the 1-3 I'd been doing for November.

Fingers crossed for Alisa that it comes out the way she hopes.